Ask HN: What are you reading this weekend?
Whether it's a new book, a magazine, or something long-form online, what have you been reading this weekend? Steps to an Ecology of Mind - Gregory Bateson. I found it by reading the Wikipedia's article on map-territory relation, which I came to know by reading a blog post about Cyberpunk on RibbonFarm. I'm having a blast. The book is a collection of essays in many matters, including anthropology, biology, psychology and others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map–territory_relation
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/10/27/the-cyberpunk-sensibili... The Year Without Pants - Wordpress.com and the future of work - Scott Berkun https://www.amazon.com/Year-Without-Pants-WordPress-com-Futu... Just finished Dune by Frank Herbert. Now I need to decide if I should go on with the next books in the original Dune series. My personal recommendation, if you like the first, is to at least read the next two (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune). If you're still liking the series, finish the next three (the tone does change with God Emperor and again with the last two). It should be noted, the first three books form a trilogy. The fourth book is a bridge to what was intended to be a second trilogy. Herbert finished the first two in it (books five and six). His son (with Kevin J. Anderson) wrote several prequel trilogies (I did not enjoy, YMMV, read at least one of them if you've made it this far to determine if you'll continue, quick reads), and eventually concluded the original series with two additional novels (I haven't read them, I was turned off by the style of the first prequel trilogy and haven't returned to it). The shifting tone of the sequels put a lot of people off, but I regard the original five books as some of the finest I've ever read. I can't tell whether you'd like them, but I do wish you luck. Foundation by Isaac Asimov Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe Meditations by Marcus Aurelius A few different sections in the D&D 5ed DMG and PHB A couple of comic books. J.G. Ballard's Drowned World and Hakim Bey's Temporary Autonomous Zones. Towers of Midnight - book 13 of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" series. Just finished Last Days by Brian Evenson and started An Everyone Culture by Kegan and Lahey. The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer Michael Freeman - The Photographer's Eye Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Obelisk Gate by Nora K Jemisin. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom Animal Farm by George Orwell Peppa pig! Life Work by Donald Hall